Population in Canada compared to France: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Canada and France: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	France	Canada	France
1960	17,909,356	47,412,964	-	-
1961	18,271,000	47,905,982	2.02%	1.04%
1962	18,614,000	48,389,516	1.88%	1.01%
1963	18,964,000	48,877,567	1.88%	1.01%
1964	19,325,000	49,401,492	1.9%	1.07%
1965	19,678,000	49,877,725	1.83%	0.96%
1966	20,048,000	50,311,637	1.88%	0.87%
1967	20,412,000	50,722,791	1.82%	0.82%
1968	20,744,000	51,112,980	1.63%	0.77%
1969	21,028,000	51,536,014	1.37%	0.83%
1970	21,324,000	52,007,169	1.41%	0.91%
1971	21,962,032	52,499,553	2.99%	0.95%
1972	22,218,463	52,962,356	1.17%	0.88%
1973	22,491,777	53,392,161	1.23%	0.81%
1974	22,807,969	53,746,571	1.41%	0.66%
1975	23,143,275	54,002,853	1.47%	0.48%
1976	23,449,808	54,232,383	1.32%	0.43%
1977	23,725,843	54,486,467	1.18%	0.47%
1978	23,963,203	54,734,030	1%	0.45%
1979	24,201,544	54,979,851	0.99%	0.45%
1980	24,515,667	55,274,184	1.3%	0.54%
1981	24,819,915	55,603,353	1.24%	0.6%
1982	25,116,942	55,806,789	1.2%	0.37%
1983	25,366,451	56,108,330	0.99%	0.54%
1984	25,607,053	56,383,085	0.95%	0.49%
1985	25,842,116	56,665,619	0.92%	0.5%
1986	26,100,278	56,956,002	1%	0.51%
1987	26,446,601	57,266,167	1.33%	0.54%
1988	26,791,747	57,598,186	1.31%	0.58%
1989	27,276,781	57,943,062	1.81%	0.6%
1990	27,691,138	58,261,012	1.52%	0.55%
1991	28,037,420	58,554,242	1.25%	0.5%
1992	28,371,264	58,846,584	1.19%	0.5%
1993	28,684,764	59,103,094	1.1%	0.44%
1994	29,000,663	59,324,863	1.1%	0.38%
1995	29,302,311	59,541,294	1.04%	0.36%
1996	29,610,218	59,754,504	1.05%	0.36%
1997	29,905,948	59,968,066	1%	0.36%
1998	30,155,173	60,190,684	0.83%	0.37%
1999	30,401,286	60,501,986	0.82%	0.52%
2000	30,685,730	60,918,661	0.94%	0.69%
2001	31,020,855	61,364,377	1.09%	0.73%
2002	31,359,199	61,812,142	1.09%	0.73%
2003	31,642,461	62,249,855	0.9%	0.71%
2004	31,938,807	62,707,588	0.94%	0.74%
2005	32,242,732	63,180,854	0.95%	0.75%
2006	32,571,193	63,622,342	1.02%	0.7%
2007	32,888,886	64,016,890	0.98%	0.62%
2008	33,247,298	64,375,116	1.09%	0.56%
2009	33,630,069	64,706,436	1.15%	0.51%
2010	34,005,902	65,026,211	1.12%	0.49%
2011	34,339,221	65,340,830	0.98%	0.48%
2012	34,713,395	65,657,659	1.09%	0.48%
2013	35,080,992	65,997,932	1.06%	0.52%
2014	35,434,066	66,312,067	1.01%	0.48%
2015	35,704,498	66,548,272	0.76%	0.36%
2016	36,110,803	66,724,104	1.14%	0.26%
2017	36,545,075	66,918,020	1.2%	0.29%
2018	37,072,620	67,158,348	1.44%	0.36%
2019	37,618,495	67,382,061	1.47%	0.33%
2020	38,028,638	67,601,110	1.09%	0.33%
2021	38,239,864	67,842,811	0.56%	0.36%
2022	38,935,934	68,065,015	1.82%	0.33%
2023	40,083,484	68,287,487	2.95%	0.33%
2024	41,288,599	68,516,699	3.01%	0.34%
2025	41,687,850	68,621,995	0.97%	0.15%
2026	42,042,113	68,720,416	0.85%	0.14%
2027	42,368,857	68,814,997	0.78%	0.14%
2028	42,683,927	68,908,044	0.74%	0.14%
2029	42,986,030	69,000,393	0.71%	0.13%
2030	43,276,190	69,092,395	0.68%	0.13%
2031	43,559,839	69,182,139	0.66%	0.13%
2032	43,833,228	69,271,844	0.63%	0.13%
2033	44,089,067	69,361,763	0.58%	0.13%
2034	44,336,794	69,453,221	0.56%	0.13%
2035	44,574,481	69,545,666	0.54%	0.13%
2036	44,802,196	69,635,631	0.51%	0.13%
2037	45,029,252	69,723,960	0.51%	0.13%
2038	45,250,482	69,807,163	0.49%	0.12%
2039	45,461,809	69,880,758	0.47%	0.11%
2040	45,661,339	69,948,192	0.44%	0.1%
2041	45,855,081	70,013,748	0.42%	0.09%
2042	46,046,286	70,076,842	0.42%	0.09%
2043	46,232,447	70,130,305	0.4%	0.08%
2044	46,413,908	70,172,822	0.39%	0.06%
2045	46,594,973	70,207,698	0.39%	0.05%
2046	46,768,120	70,232,113	0.37%	0.03%
2047	46,930,946	70,246,945	0.35%	0.02%
2048	47,092,745	70,253,351	0.34%	0.009%
2049	47,246,217	70,249,312	0.33%	-0.006%
2050	47,396,788	70,237,272	0.32%	-0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Canada increased by 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Canada gained 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2005 and is 38th in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Canada's population will grow by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.